Sept. 19, 2002
Workshop on Boolean Problems
Definition: Boolean Network
•Directed Acyclic Graph
•Each node represents a Boolean function
•Edge from node j  to node k  if the function at k  depends syntactically on the variable yj  at the output of j
•Primary inputs (PI) X  and outputs (PO) Z
•All signals are binary
•External specification provides allowed input and output combinations (external don’t cares)
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